An hour south of Myrtle Beach — and an hour north of Charleston — Georgetown is South Carolina's third-oldest city, a working harbor town whose waterfront carries both a historic district and an industrial edge. The films on this page do not sand that down.

I Found the Real Georgetown, and It Surprised Me

Adventures with Duncan

Adventures with Duncan's essay film asks what Georgetown is now. Starting at Hampton Plantation, he traces how land, water and the rice economy — built on enslaved labor — shaped the region before walking the Harborwalk and Front Street of South Carolina's third-oldest city, weighing the steel-mill scars and industrial waterfront against the town's unhurried charm.

Key takeaways
  • Georgetown's story begins with the rice economy and enslaved labor at plantations like Hampton
  • The Harborwalk and Front Street anchor the modern waterfront town
  • The film weighs the industrial waterfront against the historic district

Georgetown: Why I didn't expect to find this in South Carolina

Adventures with Duncan

Duncan returns to Georgetown on a gray, rainy morning for the Wooden Boat Show, filming the restored wooden boats along the Harborwalk. The essay lingers on craftsmanship — varnished mahogany, brass fittings, working boats beside showpieces — and on a waterfront town still adapting and building its next chapter.

Key takeaways
  • The Wooden Boat Show fills Georgetown's waterfront each fall
  • Restored and working wooden boats line the Harborwalk
  • Craftsmanship and boatbuilding heritage are the film's focus

Harborwalk w/ Mel D843

Raw Southern Culture Uncut

Raw Southern Culture walks Georgetown's Harborwalk with lifelong local Mel D, who narrates the waterfront from a born-and-raised perspective. The conversation covers Georgetown's place exactly between Myrtle Beach and Charleston, its working waterfront and the local stories visitors never hear on a standard tour.

Key takeaways
  • Georgetown sits about an hour from both Myrtle Beach and Charleston
  • The Harborwalk is toured with a lifelong Georgetown local
  • Local perspective on the working waterfront and Front Street

The rice era, told straight

Two essay films by Adventures with Duncan anchor the set. The first starts at Hampton Plantation and traces how land, water and the rice economy — built on enslaved labor — shaped the region, before weighing the steel-mill scars against the unhurried charm of the Harborwalk and Front Street. A podcast conversation with Hobcaw Barony's historian Lee Brockington goes deeper on the same ground: the plantations, the families who built them, and the enslaved people whose labor and skill made the region rich. A Harborwalk tour with a lifelong local adds the born-and-raised view of the working waterfront.

The Wooden Boat Show

Georgetown's signature weekend fills three blocks of Front Street each October: roughly 140 wooden-boat exhibits plus 35 to 40 boats in the water. Duncan films a rainy-morning edition boat by boat; the Maritime Museum's own people preview the 37th annual show and tell how the museum — on Front Street by the Sampit River since 2011 — built it.

From Naval Stores to Rice Fields: The Hidden History of Georgetown, SC

Mount Pleasant Magazine

Georgetown, the podcast sits down with historian Lee Brockington of Hobcaw Barony for a deep dive into the hidden history of Georgetown and the Waccamaw Neck. The conversation ranges over the rice plantations, the families who built them and the enslaved people whose labor and skill made the region rich.

Key takeaways
  • Lee Brockington is Hobcaw Barony's historian and a Georgetown County authority
  • The episode covers the rice era and the Waccamaw Neck plantations
  • Enslaved labor and skill are central to the history told

37th Annual Wooden Boat Show in Georgetown, SC | 2026

Mount Pleasant Magazine

Georgetown, the podcast previews the 37th annual Georgetown Wooden Boat Show with Hope McFaden, executive director of the South Carolina Maritime Museum on Front Street. The episode covers the museum — in its downtown building since 2011, by the Sampit River — and the October weekend when wooden boats take over the waterfront.

Key takeaways
  • The South Carolina Maritime Museum is on Front Street by the Sampit River
  • The museum has occupied its downtown building since 2011
  • The Wooden Boat Show is the museum's signature October event

16,000 Acres of History: Inside Georgetown's Hobcaw Barony with George Chastain

Mount Pleasant Magazine

Georgetown, the podcast interviews George Chastain, executive director of the Belle W. Baruch Foundation, about Hobcaw Barony — the 16,000-acre former estate between Georgetown and the sea. The episode explains the property's history as Bernard Baruch's winter retreat, its life today as a research reserve, and how visitors tour it from the Hobcaw Discovery Center.

Key takeaways
  • Hobcaw Barony is a 16,000-acre former Baruch estate near Georgetown
  • The Belle W. Baruch Foundation owns and runs the property
  • Today it serves as a research reserve with public tours

Hobcaw Barony

The deepest interview here tours Hobcaw Barony by conversation: 16,000 acres between Georgetown and the sea, Bernard Baruch's winter retreat, today a research reserve run by the Belle W. Baruch Foundation with public tours from its Discovery Center.

Sources: the 8 videos on this page; one short promotional film is watch content without a transcript.

Watch: Georgetown Day Trip, guided

2 videos · summaries from the actual guides

Johnny Weaver talks about the 2026 Wooden Boat Show

Who's On The Move

Johnny Weaver — a founding member of both the South Carolina Maritime Museum and the Wooden Boat Show — describes the show he helped build: three blocks of Front Street closed for a weekend, roughly 140 exhibits of wooden boats from classic early-1900s inboards to rowboats and sailboats, plus 35 to 40 boats in the water.

Key takeaways
  • The Wooden Boat Show closes three blocks of Front Street
  • About 140 exhibits plus 35-40 boats in the water
  • Weaver co-founded both the show and the Maritime Museum

Georgetown

MyrtleBeach.com

Visit Myrtle Beach's short promotional film for Georgetown, the Hammock Coast harbor town south of Myrtle Beach: Front Street, the Harborwalk and the historic waterfront. (Watch content; no transcript available from the provider.)

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